Radial Head Replacement
Radial Head Replacement Yishai Rosenblatt Graham J. W. King DEFINITION Radial head fractures are the most common fracture of the elbow and usually can be managed either nonoperatively or with…
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Elbow Replacement for Acute Trauma
Elbow Replacement for Acute Trauma Srinath Kamineni Harikrishna Ankem DEFINITION Most comminuted elbow fractures have associated soft tissue injuries, which are often of equal or greater importance to the bony…
Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Capitellum and Capitellar-Trochlear Shear Fractures
Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Capitellum and Capitellar-Trochlear Shear Fractures Asif M. Ilyas Michael Rivlin Jesse B. Jupiter DEFINITION Capitellar fractures are uncommon, accounting for less than 1% of…
Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Supracondylar and Intercondylar Fractures
Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Supracondylar and Intercondylar Fractures Joaquin Sanchez-Sotelo PATIENT HISTORY AND PHYSICAL FINDINGS Distal humerus fractures occur in two age groups: Younger patients who sustain high-energy…
Arthroscopic Treatment of Chondral Injuries and Osteochondritis Dissecans
Arthroscopic Treatment of Chondral Injuries and Osteochondritis Dissecans Marc Safran Michael Kalisvaart DEFINITION Osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) is a progressive form of osteochondrosis involving focal injury to the subchondral bone or…
Intramedullary Fixation of Forearm Shaft Fractures
Intramedullary Fixation of Forearm Shaft Fractures Charles T. Mehlman DEFINITION Forearm shaft fractures represent the third most common fracture encountered in the pediatric population.5 Closed fracture care is successful in…
Management of Simple Elbow Dislocation
Management of Simple Elbow Dislocation Bradford O. Parsons David M. Lutton DEFINITION Simple elbow dislocation is a dislocation of the ulnohumeral joint without concomitant fracture. Complex instability denotes the presence…
Reconstruction for Missed Monteggia Lesion
Reconstruction for Missed Monteggia Lesion Apurva S. Shah Peter M. Waters DEFINITION Monteggia fracture-dislocations are rare complex traumatic upper limb injuries defined by fracture of the ulna associated with proximal…
Closed, Percutaneous, Intramedullary, and Open Reduction of Radial Head and Neck Fractures
Closed, Percutaneous, Intramedullary, and Open Reduction of Radial Head and Neck Fractures Roger Cornwall DEFINITION Radial neck fractures are extra-articular fractures of the radius proximal to the bicipital tuberosity. Radial…
Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Pediatric T-Condylar Fractures
Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Pediatric T-Condylar Fractures Keith D. Baldwin John M. Flynn DEFINITION T-condylar fractures of the distal humerus in children and adolescents are relatively rare occurrences….
